Razor-strop.



E. HUNOLD.

RAZOR STROP.

APPLICATION nLnn R0116, 1909.

Patented Nov. 29, 1910.-

ATTDRNEY THE NORRIS PEIERS cu. WASHINGTON, n c.

UNITED srATEs PATENT orrion.

ERNEST HUNOLD, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

RAZOR-STROP.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Enxnsr HUNOLD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of RhodeIsland, have invented cer tain new and useful Improvements in Razor-Strops, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to razor strops and has for its essential objects,in addition to the ends commonly sought in such structures, to renderavailable a plurality of strops, to selectively present or remove aparticular strop or strops, to render the strop self alining thusinsuring against transverse inclination of the strop and consequentdulling of the razor during use, and to render the device capable ofoccupying a minimum of space.

Other objects will be hereinafter pointed out in connection with thedescription.

To the ends above referred to my invention consists in the novel devicepossessing certain features of construction and relative arrangement ofparts embodied in the claims at the end of these specifications.

In the accompanying drawings which form a part of this specification,Figures 1, 2, and 3 are plan, side, and rear ent elevations respectivelyof my novel strop, the bands being shown partially broken away in Figs.1 and 2, and being omitted in Fig. 3, wherein also the posts arepartially broken away. Figs. 4 and 5, plan views of modified forms ofthe invention, and Figs. 6 and 7 plan and side elevations respectivelyof another modified form.

In detail the strop comprises a horizontal bar 1 provided with anopening 2 midway its length to loosely receive the upturned end 3 of anarm 4 whose opposite end 5 is downwardly bent to loosely enter anopening 6 in a block 7 fixed by screws 8 or otherwise to a wall or otherobject. The bar 1 is provided at its central portion with an extensionor forward projection 10. Upon the bar are a plurality of posts, in thisinstance three, 12, 13, and 14, having fiat top surfaces. Posts 12 and14 are upon the ends of the bar; and post 13 upon the extended portion.These posts are of graduated heights, 12 being the highest, and 14 thelowest. The tops of the posts, as shown in Fig. 3, are provided withthreaded orifices to receive threaded pivot pins or screws 18, 19, and20, whose respective heads 21, 22,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 16, 1909.

Patented Nov. 29, 1910.

erial No. 528,352.

and 23 are interspaced from the top faces of their respective posts. Thepin 18 passes loosely through central projecting portions 25 of clampingplates 26. The portions 25 rest upon the flat top face of post 12 andbear loosely against the under surface of the head 21 whereby the plates26, while pivotally movable upon the pin 18, are nevertheless maintainedin a horizontal lane. Similar projecting portions 27 an 28 on likeclamping plates 29 and 30 respectively are similarly mounted upon thepivot pins 19 and 20 respectively. The clamping plates 26, 29, and 30embrace the usual flexible strop-strips 33, 34, and 35 respectively, towhich they are connected by usual clamp bolts 37, 38 and 39.

It will be noted that when one end strip, such as 35, is grasped by theoperator for use the strop-strips 33 and 34 will recede from out of theway by virtue of the movement of thebar 1 upon its axis; also that theinsured horizontal position of the clamping plates will preventtransverse inclination of the strips; that the pivotal mountings of allthe parts will admit of the entire device folding against the wall, ifdesired. The arm 4 is as shown preferably unfastened so that theoperative parts are readily dismounted.

In Fig. 4 the arms of the bar 4 are removed, as at 41 leaving merely theoriginal arm or extended portion 10 to constitute the pivoted member.This constriction is employed with a single strop-strip.

Sometimes it is convenient to employ'six strop-strips instead of threewhile using only three sets of clamping plates. In such case eachclamping set includes two stropstrips, as shown in Fig. 7, the addedstrop strips being indicated by the numerals 45,

46, and 47. Each of the strop-strip couplets may be exposed, or theparts rendered re versible without sacrificing the horizontal relationof the clamping plates by the construction shown in Figs. 5, 6, and 7.In the last two figures the portions 25, 27, and 28 of the plates arebent to form hinge sleeves 48, 49, and 50, to engage companion sleeves51, 52, and 53 upon plates 55, 56, and 57 pivoted upon the posts 12, 13,and 14 as described. In these figures the plates 30 are shown reversed,it being merely neces sary in reversing, to elevate the plates 30 andhalf turn the plate 57. In Fig. 5 the reversible strop is shown embodiedin a single element.

hat I claim is,

1. In a razor strep, the combination with a pivoted member and means forsupporting the same, of clamping plates for holding strops arranged inseries in difierenthorizontal planes, and pivotal means for connectingthe plates with the pivoted member.

2. In a razor strop, the combination with a pivoted member, and meansfor supporting the same, of pivotal clamping plates upon the pivotedmember constructed to hold a strep, and means upon the pivoted membercooperating with the plates for maintaining the plates in a planeparallel with the plane of the pivoted member.

In a razor strep, the combination with a pivoted member, and means forsupporting the same, of a post upon the pivoted member, and laterallyswinging clamping plates mounted upon the post for holding a razorstrop.

a. In a razor strop, the combination with a pivoted member and means forsupporting the same, of vertical means on said pivoted member, clampingplates pivoted thereon for holding a razor strep, and means formaintaining said plates in a plane parallel with the plane of thepivoted member.

In a razor strop, the combination with a pivoted member, and means forsupport ing the same, of a plurality of posts upon the pivoted member,clamping plates pivotallv mounted in different horizontal planes uponthe posts tor holding a. razor strop.

(5. In a razor strop, the combination with a pivoted member and meansfor supporting the same, of means of graduated heights rising from saidmember, clai'nping plates pivotally connected therewith for holdingrazor strops and means for maintaining said plates in a plane parallelwith the plane of the pivoted member.

7. In a razor strop, the combination with a pivoted member, and meansfor supporting the same, of a plurality of posts separated from eachother upon the pivoted member and of graduated heights, pivotpins uponthe tops of the posts, clamping plates mounted on the pins, and headsupon the pins.

8. In a razor strep, the combination with a pivoted member, and meansfor supporting the same, of a plurality of posts upon the pivotedmember, clamping plates loosely resting in different horizontal. planesupon the posts, and means upon the posts for maintaining the plates in ahorizontal plane.

9. In a razor strop, the combination with a pivoted member and means forsupporting the same, of means rising from said member and disposed instaggered relation to each other, laterally swinging clamping platesthereon arranged in series in (litterent horizontal planes, and meansfor main taining said plates in a plane parallel with the plane of thepivoted member.

10. The combination with a pivoted memher, and means for supporting thesame, of a horizontal plate pivotally supported by the pivoted member,and clamping plates movably connected with the first-named member.

In testimony whereof I have atiixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

ERNEST HUNOLD.

V i tnesses Hona'rro E. Bennows, lVaLrnn Louis Fnos'r.

